Tuesday, February 28, 2006
got this email from a friend of mine, think it really coincides with Pastor's Sermon! ... read it, may the Lord speak to you
The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
Mary Magdalene was, well you know
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer..
AND
Lazarus was dead!
Now! No more excuses!
God can use you to your full potential.
Besides you aren't the message, you are just the messenger.
And one more thing...Share this with a friend or two...
In the Circle of God's love, God's waiting to use your full potential.
1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
2. Dear God, I have a problem, it's Me.
3. Growing old is inevitable ... growing UP is optional.
4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
5. Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.
6. Do the math .. count your blessings.
7. Faith is the ability to not panic.
8. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.
9. If you worry, you didn't pray ... If you pray, don't worry.
10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.
11. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.
12. The most important things in your house are the people.
13 When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15 He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
GOD'S LOVE:
WE CALL IT MERCY ---- IT IS GOD'S FORGIVING LOVE.
WE CALL IT PROVIDENCE ---- IT IS GOD'S CARING LOVE.
WE CALL IT KINDNESS ---- IT IS GOD'S UNDERSTANDING LOVE
WE CALL IT CHRISTS' PASSION AND DEATH
---- IT IS GOD'S PROVEN LOVE
WE CALL IT HAPPINESS ---- IT IS GOD'S ENCOURAGING LOVE
WE CALL IT THE WILL OF GOD ---- IT IS GOD'S UNERRING LOVE
WE CALL IT HEAVEN ---- IT IS GOD'S REWARDING LOVE
WE CALL IT ETERNITY ---- IT IS GOD'S UNENDING LOVE.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people
I cannot change ...
the courage to change the one I can ...
and the wisdom to know it's Me."
Have a great day!!! The SON is shining and HE can certainly use you! =p
{ 7:36 PM }
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
PCME
in case you're wondering, PCME means Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Econs...aka my subj combination... decided to update on my current studies
Physics:
it's finally getting interesting, with chapters like Kinematics ... i doubt i'll ever slp during the lectures...however, the other lecturer teaches on Thermal Physics which is quite lengthy and quite boring... haiz, no choice!
today's Phy lecture was boring, and as usual...Jeff and Sze Huan "died" [means to fall aslp until it becomes a funny matter to other pple ] but we managed to have a very funny time... esp Mingjie's trick on the Squares and Diamond... shall test u guys nxt time, it's seriously lame
Chemistry:
LT5 finally have air-con liao...i still rmbed attending Econs lecture yday w/o aircon, can u believe it? gosh... i dislike tat lecturer, cos he really rushes thrh the entire chapter, but cant blame him cos this chapter on Equilibrium Constant is really really long, even the lecture notes add up to 30+
managed to understd abit here and there, guess i needa catch up on my reading
Maths:
love this subj man, isnt really that tough...esp when u have great tutors like Mr Thomas Teo, who teaches us 'special techniques' and oso praises us for being his best/ fastest/ smartest class...i think we all feel rather honoured right? haha
currently on graphs and stuff liddat... seems so Secondary sch, do hope it gets more interesting
Econs:
had an Econs test today, think i'll do okok...hopefully can pass and score a 20/30 ... now tat i'm in such a competitive sch, i gotta lower my expectations...byebye top scorer and hello average student...
think Econs is really fun, it's so logical and applicable...jus tat i havent been listening to the lectures attentively, think i'll read more again..read read read
time really flies man, cant believe tat Feb is ending nxt wk ... i dont want my clique to split =(
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we're having a Clique Reunion Dinner nxt wk, most likely on Saturday/ Thurs or even Sunday(highly doubt for Sunday) ... hope Yvonne can really join us this time
guys, we needa decide on where and when to have tat dinner...asap!
oh ya...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIQIN ! 2days younger than me, bleah* haha
managed to chat with Eunice on MSN today, think she's a very nice person...funny thing is tat i havent spoken to her face to face, but i have her HP no. , her email add. and her blog add... Eunice, start speaking...hope u can attend RL meeting this Saturday, but rmb to Honour ur Parents. this is a commandment of God, must listen hor...jiayou sister! brother over here will be prayin
the current issue on RENU Contacts Solution is really irritating...even my mom is freakin out
thank God cos i opened a new pair of Contacts, and bought a new solution called COMPLETE (donno whether it's gd or not) and gotten new Contacts case... all preventive measures are done! hopefully it's enough...
think i'll end here
PS: i realised that the GC (Graphic Calculator) is a cheater-bug tool during exams, i'm beginnin to doubt its usefulness
{ 7:18 PM }
Sunday, February 19, 2006
UPDATE: Tabernacle/Sanctification Wk
in short, this entire wk has been rather fruitful...the Lord managed to reveal many things during yday's Tabernacle, i feel so delighted and 'full' ... cant wait for Encounter to come, hope it'll impact me more
ok, it's been a long time since i last updated on the current events for me...
1) Sunday svc (aka. Today's svc)
2) Studies
3) Student Council
4) Sanctification / Tabernacle
1) Sunday svc:
today's a very very special day, it's my Birthday! yay! it's a 2nd yr in a row tat my bday falls on church svc (last yr was on Saturday mah, and svc was at TC on saturday mah)... felt really happy to see the family again, think it's the 1st time in 2006 tat our entire family has wore Tribe Jersey together!! hooray! and it's on my bday! double hoorays!
i loved the new song, "Shepherd of my Heart" ... the elec. guitar part is so cool man
Pastor's sermon oso spoke to me... think it's a 2nd yr as a Christian liao, and as i enter my 2nd spiritual yr and 17th year as a teenager, i felt tat the Lord was asking me, "Will you be loyal to me? Will you continue to be hungry for me?" as i enter my 2nd yr, i think the road ahead will be much more tougher but i believe the Lord will guide me as long as i continue to seek Him...really needa thank God and Pastor Khong for tat sermon man!
was consolidator again this wk, the feelin of prayin for a Salvation feels so diff. , it was more like God using me... it felt shiok lah, haha, donno how to explain or describe
i love to be consolidator sia...oops
2) Studies
having my 1st Econs test nxt Wed, abit unprepared for it but i think i'm one of the more attentive students in my class, including Jeannie and Ben as well...
frankly speakin, sch is getting more interesting...we're finally learning more interesting things in Physics, Chem and Econs...plus our Maths teacher rocks, he teaches us special methods/ techniques to do the chim chim Qns lor, haha...
got Chinese HW to do, sucks cos it's the Cloze Passage kind and i'm really really bad at it... haiz, no choice
3) Student Council
after much consideration, i've decided to quit Student Council... took the advice tat Lionel gave me long ago, did alot of thinking and in the end, i quitted... felt quite relieved tat this 'burden' has been released...why i quit? bcos my heart wasnt at peace lor...
to my frens: u all wont understd lah, even if i did tell u the real reason ... i wanna serve God more than VJ, chim? wanna find out more abt serving God? curious? join FCBC, haha
think it's time i talked to Lionel abt this
Lionel, let's meet up or smth...
donno which CCA to join now, maybe Badminton? but hor...the training for Sports CCAs are damn siao, high% tat it's the everyday training kind.... so i'm stucked liao lor, maybe Council wouldnt be tat bad, oh wells... quit = no more chance to enter , time to think and seek God for guidance again...
4) Sanctification / Tabernacle
basically, it restored me... great experience! heehee
i love my brother man, rmbed tat i wanted to get those kind of huge huge pencil cases? (they're very common in VJ lah) ... my bro didnt even noe but somehow, he gave me a blue (yay! fav color) Quiksilver those-kind-of pencilcase! yay!! didnt even prayed for it yet the Lord (somehow) led my brother to buy for me...thx Laupa, thx kor...i feel loved, awww...
wishlist:
- new wallet
- new haversack
doubt u pple have enough time to get them since it's oredi 19th FEB liao... haha
i needa go do work liao, ciao
PS: hope i don get 'dunked' tmr... prayin*
{ 6:26 PM }
Friday, February 17, 2006
SANCTIFICATION WK STARTS !! ... soon it'll be Tabernacle
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come, but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world" John 16: 21
i'll wait upon the Lord, i'm not giving up now ...
{ 11:55 PM }
Sunday, February 12, 2006
donno how to title this post, even though i'm in a very cherrie-0 (spell wrong again, haiz) mood... few reasons lah, erm...
1) new salvations into our tribe!
2) Sunday svc
Saturday:
it was Friendship Special, it was super gd... wasted tat my frenz couldnt come, haiz... nvm, i shall not give up... disappointment is not an option, haha
met afew more Medan guys (think they were at Reunion Dinner, but i forgetten abt them) haha, even played the animal / Concentration game which was really funny cos Kevin and Daven had to go to the girls' tribe to sing "twinkle twinkle little star" and do the actions, laughs*
met a new girl (she's not really new lah, it's jus tat i didnt realise she was in our tribe)... her name is Jacqueline, i'll rmb tat name cos she got 7pts and she's coming VJ !!! cheers to my fellow Victorian! now there's (most likely) 4 victorians in our tribe liao, let's start some morning prayer meeting or smth at VJ man, wat u think Suang? (doubt she'll read my blog though, haha)
praise the Lord man! maybe God wanna start VJ ministry, hmmmm.. i'm crappin lah
Sunday:
didnt go for Post Enc. today cos it was onli meant for the girls... was wondering, i thud they'll teach the same things right? oh wells... was walking to EXPO when Kevin/Clar/their parents drove past me and laughed at me -_-"
reached Hall 9 rather early, actually...one of the earliest...
then blah blah blah... chiong into Hall 10 to reserve seats, and Pastor Laifun laughed at me cos there was a notice tat stated "Please do not reserve seats, thank you!"
oops...
today's worship session was great man, was so eager to worship the Lord, even stood in the 1st row of the 'jumping crowd', think kana close-up by the camera, but who cares? God happy then can liao...
felt tat today's word was very powerful...at first i was alittle scared tat Pastor Khong might scare pple away frm our church or even cause pple to really leave our church, but i thank God tat he preached tat msg, it made me reflect... wanted to go for Altar Call but i had Consolidation duties...
was appointed Consolidator at last min. abit stressed cos i'm those kind tat need a little preparation and don like last-min kinda stuff...but still gave thanks cos it's my first time tat i gotten someone to consolidate...last time i was a consolidator, was during Spook Show but i didnt get anyone... so now, Praise the LORD !!! very satisfied cos i suddenly too nervous and too COLD (EXPO air-con hor, is cannot tahan lah) then donno how to pray liao, but the Lord guided me, though the prayer may seem abit "around-the-bush" ... wateva the case, Praise the Lord !!!
oh...i'm Consolidator for nxt wk too! excited sia...haha
am really excited abt Sanctification and Tabernacle...so like wat Dan said, "come with a humble heart, not sight-seeing"... wonder wat is Mom's reaction to it man...think i shud pray and fast abt it too, yepp
cant wait for nxt wk, it'll be a gd day...u shud noe why, u dont? sad =(
tmr goin to Ben's place to play mahjong, yay! clique outing again! haha, some are leaving liao, so we better cherish our time together man, i mean it!
anyway, i'm out..
PS: goin for Family Dinner... have u forgetten? it's 15th of Lunar Calendar, think we're supposed to eat tang yuan right? haha...cant wait
{ 6:51 PM }
Friday, February 10, 2006
O LEVEL RESULTS !! oh no ...
it's been ages since i last blogged right? i'm sry lah, it's jus me and my stupid schedule ... the day has finally arrived, release of O's results ... =X
got sch super early, ard 12 plus bcos i had to go Vj for some stuff, ugh... managed to find Ms Tan and catch up with her, apparently BGSS hasn't changed one bit... oh gosh, even the food still sucks and is super ex as compared to VJ ...
Ms Tan actually quite evil, she told me roughly how much i got, haha...not totally lah, she onli said, "B3 for English and L1R5 is a single digit" ... heart calmed down after she said that, but she's not a really gd source lah (i think)...
then it was 230pm...
it was great coming back and seeing all the classes, and the frens tat i've bonded so much after 4yrs... amazing how time flies man
as we queued and sat down, Mr Lee came to me and asked me (and HS) to sit at the front... why?
"u two have done well" ...
yay! i must be one of the top scorers!!! i knew tat it was ok liao, i knew tat Ms Tan was right...
but this is the most shockin thing:
"KENG XING WEI DARREN, number of distinctions...6, 5 A1s, 1 A2 and 2 B3s ... may Darren pls come on stage to collect ur result slip"
the school started cheerin for me with thunderous applause and shouting...at tat point, i had to drag my legs up and start moving...my jaws couldnt close lah! as i walked on stage, the feelin was really really weird, imagine 250 pairs of eyes staring at you... heart was oso pounding super quickly, couldnt believe my eyes and my ears...
as i got back to my 'seat' and started counting... 3+1+1+1+1+1 = OMG! 8!!!! from tat moment on, i couldnt stop smiling...my cheeks like stuck, haha... 8-3 = 5, yay! i can stay in VJ !!!
i noe wat u must thinking, 8 pts oso can get top? ... my sch standard lousy can?
then hp inbox kana overflowed by smses and phone calls...for those who called / smsed me, sry for late reply and rejecting ur calls ya?
after all the top scorers got their results, it was the rest of the sch... tat was the sad part...
seeing all my close frens crying really hurts me, so wat if i got 8pts?
CheeYuan, the Lord has a purpose for u lah, He wont let you get those grades for nothin ok? His promises will nvr fail us... Trust Him! Jyss, donno how u get but do cheer up ok? EM, don wry too much ok? not stayin in Vj doesnt mean anythin lah, smile abit ok? we will still love you! haha!
tell u the truth... being top scorer sucks! i had to do interview, take pics ... plus i have to make a speech (together with Charmaine, she's 2nd) and speak to the Sec4 during one of their assembly... i needa make another speech for Speech Day, ugh! ...sianz
apart from all the excitement and crying... i wanna thank those who prayed for me and those who sent me smses to encourage me and wish me gd luck... i only asked God for a single digit, i didnt expect top scorer or 8 pts lor, it's His grace...His blessings! ... i feel so blessed... who dare to say prayers dont work?
anyway, i'm out...
PS: God, thanks! i donno wat i can say or do...
i'm God's blessed child...
{ 7:45 PM }
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